Bag or carrier for golf clubs and the like



APPLICATION FILED DEC. I9, 1921.

' Patented Dec. 12, 1922.

INVENTOR- .ffierhyaa Pa- 6 I Patented Dec. 12, 1922 HAROLD GOOCH K'EBLOGUE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BAG OR CARRIER FDR GOLF CLUlES AND THE LIKE.

Application filed December 19, 1921. Serial No. 523,522.

To aZZ 167L077? it may concern.

Be it known that I, HAROLD Gwen KER- LOGUE, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 36 Withermgton Road, Highbury, London, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement 111 and Relating to Bags or Carriers for Golf Clubs and. the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bags or carriers for golf clubs and the like and has for its primary object making it possible to readily and efficiently support the bag or carrier, when not being carried in the hand, in such an upright position on the ground as to enable the clubs to be readily removed or replaced so enabling a player, without inconvenience, to dispense with the services of a caddie.

The present invention comprises essentially a fitting permanently attached to the mouth or upper portion of the usual bag or carrier but preferably removably attached thereto and so arranged as to be capable of being readily fitted to any existing bag or carrier, and a pair of legs or struts so hinged or connected to said fitting as to be readily splayed or extended at their lower ends so as to form the two legs of a tripod, the third support being formed by the bag, which is kept distended by one or more clubs with in it.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of the device for removable attachment to a golf bag or carrier.

Fig. 2 is a view in plan thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line AA of Fig. 2.

Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.

A tubular piece or socket a is provided with a sliding piece or plunger 6 adapted to move axially within it. The socket a also carries a compression spring 0 acting be tween the lower end of the plunger 5 and a plate or plug a closing the lower end of the socket. The upper end of the socket n may be closed by a cap (6*. On the side of the sliding piece or plunger Z) is fixed or screwed thereto a pair of radially arranged transverse pins or studs 6 each of which ex tends through a longitudinal slot a formed in the wall of the socket a. The outer end of each of these pins or studs is slotted to receive a lug or plate d carried on the top of a socket al and is hinged or pivoted to said pin or stud by a transverse pin (Z These sockets d are each fitted with a leg or support 65 preferably of wood and of a total length less than the length of the bag or carrier to which the device is to be fixed. Below and in a line with these pins or studs 5 are lugs a carried on the plate a to these lugs are pivoted or hinged at a links 6, which at their upper and opposite ends are hinged or pivoted at e to the sockets 03 These links pass freely through slots in said socketsd and in the slots a? in the socket a. On the back wall of the socket a is fixed a spring clip f adapted to fit over and grip the mouth or stiffening ring thereinand the side wall of the bag to which the device is to be applied.

When the device is appliedto a bag or carrier the legs 05 normally lie parallel with and fiat against the wall thereof and when required to support the bag on the ground the legs are opened or splayed against the action of the spring 0 (as shown in dotted lines on Fig. 3) so that they together with the bagkept distended by one or more clubs within it-form a tripod with approximately equally spaced points of support upon the ground.

With the legs extended the bag will be efiiciently supported in such an upright .position as to make it convenient to insert within it or withdraw from it, a club, and on lifting up the bag, the legs will automatically-- due to the springclose in and rest against the outer surface of the bag. Instead of forming the socket a and plunger 1) circular in cross section as shown on the drawing, it

may be made of triangular or other suitable shape in cross section. In some cases the cap a may be omitted and the plunger 6 be extended upwardly to project from the socket a and furnished with a knob which when depressed will open or splay the legs d I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A. fitting vfor bags or carriers for golf clubs comprising a tubular piece; a plunger working within said tubular piece, a spring acting in compression between the lower end of the plunger and the closed end of the tubular piece, a pair of studs fixed to the plunger and extending through a pair of slots formed in the wall of the tubular piece, a pair of sockets pivoted to said studs and each carrying a leg, a link pivoted to each leg socket below its pivoting point and hinged at its opposite end to the tubular piece and contained Within slots therein and the tubular piece, and means for attaching the tubular piece to the mouth of a, golf club bag or carrier, as set forth.

2. Afitting for bags orcarriers for golf clubs comprising a tubular piece, end'covers therefor, a plunger sliding axially Within said piece, a compression spring acting be tween the lower end corer and the lower end 01 the plunger, a of slotted studs fixed radially to the plunger, a pair of siots in the side Wall of the tubular piece and through which the studs project, a pair of sockets pivoted at their upper ends to the slotted ends of the studs, a pair of legs fitted Within said sockets, a linkpivoted to each socket of the tubular piece shaped to fit over and,

grip the mouth 01 the golf club bag or carrier, as set. forth.

HAROLD GOOSE-l KERLOGUE, 

